Sony Movie Channel has launched an authenticated online service, the Sony Movie Channel Everywhere. The service offers a wide variety of movies available online at no additional charge to DirecTV and Dish Network customers. “We continue to see a strong demand for high definition movie content and recognize that our viewers are well-connected,” noted Superna […]

The appetite Canadians show for Over the Top (OTT) broadband TV services is substantial and growing. A new cable industry association report says 48 per cent of Canadians have watched a movie or TV series episode online. Such research underscores additional industry analysis that also shows Internet users will up- and download 1.2 million petabytes […]

Much of the partnership revolves around original video, which has gained popularity in the online news space. The new video series “Newsmakers”. The live video will stream on Yahoo.com and ABCNews.com. Beyond video, the deal also changes how each brand gathers some of its news. ABC News will now be the main news provider on […]

Hollywood studio Miramax has been invigorated by the digital age, according to CEO Mike Lang. Delivering a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM, Lang described the studio’s new approach as “a bit more Silicon Valley than Hollywood,” adding that Miramax was a media company that was almost forgotten and the digital market wasn’t really a focus […]

“Fifty per cent and sometimes sixty per cent of viewing is TV episodes now,” said Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos, at MIPCOM. Referring to a slew of recent TV deals he said “this can be mis-perceived as Netflix giving up on movies, which it’s not. It’s just consumers saying what they want.”   Sarandos […]

Netflix has transformed the viewing habits of millions of U.S. consumers — but it may need to do more to win their hearts. Those are among the findings of a new study of “over-the-top” video viewing from Knowledge Networks.   The research — conducted not long before Netflix’s much-discussed changes in its pricing policies — […]

Aim High, produced by Warner Bros and the Hollywood director McG, could be a major step in Facebook’s evolution as a player in the entertainment business. The show surrounds the adventures of Nick Green, a high-school-student-turned-secret-agent.Facebook users who install the Aim High app will be offered the chance to watch episodes in a personalised mode. […]

The perception that online video is cannibalising television viewership seems to be just that: a perception. At least during prime-time hours. More than half of web series video viewers (56 per cent) say they still tune in regularly to watch prime-time television, according to a survey of 1,500 people recently commissioned by Blip.tv, an online […]

BBC Worldwide confirmed that the global BBC iPlayer App has launched in Australia and will be available to on the App Store exclusively on iPad. The app will give iPad users access to a quality mix of classic and contemporary British television specifically tailored for Australian viewers.   The global BBC iPlayer is a video […]